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t r u t h o u t | Tuesday, 4 December 2012
How Petraeus Quietly Stoked the Fires of Sectarian War Without Getting Burned
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13122-how-petraeus-quietly-stoked-the-fires-of-sectarian-war-without-getting-burned
Gareth Porter, Truthout: After the collapse of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in the face of the Sunni insurgency of 2004, General David Petraeus led the US war strategy to a dependence on Shi'a militia that inflamed sectarian war - a development that flew beneath the news media's radar. Part 2 of 4.
American Justice: Marijuana Convicts Scarred While BP Execs Untouched
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13120-the-artificial-felon-british-petroleum-bp-the-earth-and-american-justice
Paul Street, Truthout: While young black males are disenfranchised for life for dealing modest amounts of weed, BP can expect to be back to business as usual despite its horrific crimes.
Paul Krugman | Welcome Back to the Dark Ages
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13133-welcome-back-to-the-dark-ages
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The attitude that discounts any amount of evidence if it conflicts with prejudices is not an attitude consistent with effective policy. If you're going to ignore what geologists say because you don't like its implications, what are the chances that you'll take sensible advice on monetary and fiscal policy?
Noam Chomsky: The Assault on Gaza
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13129-noam-chomsky-the-assault-on-gaza
Noam Chomsky, Truthout: Someday, and it must be soon, the world will respond to the plea coming from Gaza for justice, accountability and a normal life to be lived in freedom and dignity.
Securing the Homeland Against Marijuana
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13094-securing-the-homeland-against-marijuana
Tom Barry, Truthout: Measured by the numbers, the greatest border threat to the "homeland" would be marijuana - the drug that citizens in Colorado and Washington on November 6 voted to legalize for recreational use, and which is considered a legal medication in 17 states.
Fast Food, Slow Death
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13145-fast-food-slow-death
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Death by food is a hot topic in the news media whenever there's a recall. On the other hand, "slow death" by unhealthy food receives far less attention.
Employees at Billion-Dollar Companies Fight for a Living Wage
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13138-employees-at-billion-dollar-companies-fight-for-a-living-wage
s. e. smith, Care 2: One in four workers in the United States is employed in a low-wage job. That includes many people in the food service industry, retail employees, janitors, hotel workers, agricultural laborers and many others who make the US economy tick.
Chris Hedges: Katrina, All Over Again
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13141-chris-hedges-katrina-all-over-again
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: If you are poor, Hurricane Sandy is the Katrina of the North. It illustrates the depraved mentality of oligarchic and corporate elite that, as conditions worsen, retreats into self-contained gated communities, guts basic services and abandons the wider population.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Budget Proposal a Kick in the Guts to Working Americans
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13146-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-republicans-budget-proposal-a-kick-in-the-guts-to-working-americans
In today's On the News segment: House Republicans presented their proposal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff and it's a giant kick in the gut to working Americans, several law enforcement groups have asked the Senate to consider measures that will require telecom companies to store their consumers' text messages for up to two years, and more.
Entitlements Scare Tactics
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13139-entitlements-scare-tactics
James Kwak, Baseline Scenario: Sixteen trillion dollars is the amount of Treasury debt outstanding at the moment. The more relevant figure is the amount of debt the federal government owes to people and institutions other than itself.
Say No to Susan Rice: Here's Why
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13143-why-to-say-no-to-susan-rice
Ray McGovern, Consortium News: Key Republicans object to Susan Rice getting a promotion from UN ambassador to Secretary of State, citing her flawed account of the Benghazi assault. But a more legitimate concern is her lack of judgment on the Iraq War and other foreign policy decisions.
A Day in the Sun for Gaza, or More of the Same?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13142-a-day-in-the-sun-for-gaza-or-more-of-the-same
Pam Bailey, Pam in Progress: Americans may be surprised to learn that Palestinians here in Gaza believe they scored a significant "win" in the most recent war with Israel. The way Palestinians see it, this time - compared to the "massacre" of 2008-2009 - they were able to fight back, surprising Israel and demonstrating that its aggression would come at a price.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Welcome in 2013 With the Gift of Peace
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: There is a battle within the human spirit between our past as creatures of violence, and our potential future of living in harmony. Take the side of peace with this 2013 Occupy the Future Calendar.
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17672-welcome-in-2013-with-the-gift-of-peace
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
NSA Whistleblower: Everyone in US Under Digital Surveillance, Trillions of Messages Stored
http://www.juancole.com/2012/12/nsa-whistleblower-everyone-in-us-under-digital-surveillance-trillions-of-messages-stored.html
Read the Article at Informed Comment
Elizabeth Warren Wins Senate Banking Committee Seat: Four Sources
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/elizabeth-warren-banking-committee_n_2236898.html?1354631812
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
Global Carbon Pollution Up to Two Million Pounds Per Second
http://hosted2.ap.org/AZMES/a87e093298b44f1f90ce5c51351f7c69/Article_2012-12-02-Carbon%20Pollution/id-2b96650bffbc43968754dafd5f403ea7
Read the Article at the Associated Press
Spoiling for a Filibuster Fight
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/spoiling-for-a-filibuster-fight/2012/12/03/50c146d8-3d62-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html?hpid=z3
Read the Article at The Washington Post
The House Makes an "Offer"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/opinion/speaker-john-boehner-makes-an-offer.html?_r=0
Read the Article at The New York Times
Expensive and Inhumane: The Shameful State of US Immigrant Detention
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/03/us-immigrant-detention-expensive-inhumane
Read the Article at the Guardian UK
Bob Costas Not Backing Down From Criticism of Gun Craziness
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171579/bob-costas-not-backing-down-criticism-gun-craziness
Read the Article at The Nation
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome in 2013 With the Gift of Peace </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>There is a battle within the human spirit between our past as creatures of violence, and our potential future of living in harmony. Take the side of peace with this 2013 Occupy the Future Calendar.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZFwROKTzpm%2BhiOSRZ1DCZOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>NSA Whistleblower: Everyone in US Under Digital Surveillance, Trillions of Messages Stored</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KsBf2c6Bbmxhcensa6bHPeoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Informed Comment</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Elizabeth Warren Wins Senate Banking Committee Seat: Four Sources</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1hu5LIyrueESmjkiYP8kauoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Global Carbon Pollution Up to Two Million Pounds Per Second</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2Fjfvo8Dww8eHvvvi3T39AjPnoJdVBgAS" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the Associated Press</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Spoiling for a Filibuster Fight</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HAYGqnAhYk9wFg7WpoYy8%2BoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Expensive and Inhumane: The Shameful State of US Immigrant Detention</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=747K51qaXxkvCMzhIzom%2FjPnoJdVBgAS" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the Guardian UK</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bob Costas Not Backing Down From Criticism of Gun Craziness</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x%2B%2BiU1t0d326U0FIklMEkeoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Nation</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Gareth Porter, Truthout:</strong> After the collapse of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in the face of the Sunni insurgency of 2004, General David Petraeus led the US war strategy to a dependence on Shi'a militia that inflamed sectarian war - a development that flew beneath the news media's radar. Part 2 of 4.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UgacuSR6oa4UilY4HUuE3OoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=b2OpRRVtxJHj3LoGL0xWfOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>American Justice: Marijuana Convicts Scarred While BP Execs Untouched</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Street, Truthout:</strong> While young black males are disenfranchised for life for dealing modest amounts of weed, BP can expect to be back to business as usual despite its horrific crimes.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qQmjFu5ogs6VM3WIqSCqoeoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qnx4fpd0S8c7q7sWXf5EtuoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | Welcome Back to the Dark Ages</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> The attitude that discounts any amount of evidence if it conflicts with prejudices is not an attitude consistent with effective policy. If you're going to ignore what geologists say because you don't like its implications, what are the chances that you'll take sensible advice on monetary and fiscal policy?</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8dlZaov9WhS1pKmJn3DwH%2BoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sFouBlgfnuoCEogjEC9kwOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Noam Chomsky: The Assault on Gaza</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Noam Chomsky, Truthout:</strong> Someday, and it must be soon, the world will respond to the plea coming from Gaza for justice, accountability and a normal life to be lived in freedom and dignity.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=T8BoCfFu03U7oZSK0ozfy%2BoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8XVxf6rlfe0265iYh%2FMOsOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Securing the Homeland Against Marijuana</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Tom Barry, Truthout:</strong> Measured by the numbers, the greatest border threat to the "homeland" would be marijuana - the drug that citizens in Colorado and Washington on November 6 voted to legalize for recreational use, and which is considered a legal medication in 17 states.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CuDCoUcMUe97V4NCbFHKreoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fWpa36Bz3KKFD9NNjJwWeOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Fast Food, Slow Death</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take:</strong> Death by food is a hot topic in the news media whenever there’s a recall. On the other hand, "slow death" by unhealthy food receives far less attention.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bwSQvTMsjP0YulY01jUkW%2BoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6ulya6WrnUuZCcoOY2%2B1BuoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Employees at Billion-Dollar Companies Fight for a Living Wage</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>s. e. smith, Care 2:</strong> One in four workers in the United States is employed in a low-wage job. That includes many people in the food service industry, retail employees, janitors, hotel workers, agricultural laborers and many others who make the US economy tick.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5ZxusbLNMIpOeSdey%2BkfzOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chris Hedges: Katrina, All Over Again</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Chris Hedges, Truthdig:</strong> If you are poor, Hurricane Sandy is the Katrina of the North. It illustrates the depraved mentality of oligarchic and corporate elite that, as conditions worsen, retreats into self-contained gated communities, guts basic services and abandons the wider population.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GNRKYOp%2BV0lmFTlCEyiRpuoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Budget Proposal a Kick in the Guts to Working Americans</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> House Republicans presented their proposal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff and it's a giant kick in the gut to working Americans, several law enforcement groups have asked the Senate to consider measures that will require telecom companies to store their consumers' text messages for up to two years, and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dlrNl5eetNudly3wkJXoUuoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6o1dvWWaWVMhk1HEAJyOOOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Entitlements Scare Tactics</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>James Kwak, Baseline Scenario:</strong> Sixteen trillion dollars is the amount of Treasury debt outstanding at the moment. The more relevant figure is the amount of debt the federal government owes to people and institutions other than itself.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tV4TD7MEOa%2FCpHPY5RcnCuoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Df8oScfRBBbQP%2FixIYtZG%2BoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Say No to Susan Rice: Here's Why</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ray McGovern, Consortium News:</strong> Key Republicans object to Susan Rice getting a promotion from UN ambassador to Secretary of State, citing her flawed account of the Benghazi assault. But a more legitimate concern is her lack of judgment on the Iraq War and other foreign policy decisions.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8YhKJcGtnyn15eYG3l1yXOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=J5t5pUBL7tOKIxbQCoJPJOoabXYAjZS1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Day in the Sun for Gaza, or More of the Same?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Pam Bailey, Pam in Progress:</strong> Americans may be surprised to learn that Palestinians here in Gaza believe they scored a significant “win” in the most recent war with Israel. The way Palestinians see it, this time - compared to the “massacre” of 2008-2009 - they were able to fight back, surprising Israel and demonstrating that its aggression would come at a price.</p>
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